Metal Methanesulfonates with Mixed Anionic Groups with Large Band Gaps and Enhanced Birefringence

Mingli Liang, Yujie Zhang, Eugene Izvarin, Michael J. Waters, James M. Rondinelli, P. Shiv Halasyamani*

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Abstract

Four new metal methanesulfonates with mixed anionic groups, Bi(SeO3)(CH3SO3) (1), Bi(TeO3)(CH3SO3) (2), Ba(BF4)(CH3SO3) (3), and Ba2(BF4)(CH3SO3)3(H2O)3 (4), have been successfully synthesized. Compounds 1 and 2 are isomorphic and exhibit a two-dimensional (2D) layered structure. Stereoactive lone pairs are observed with Se4+, Te4+, and Bi3+. Compound 3 features a three-dimensional (3D) structure formed by connecting [Ba(CH3SO3)]+ layers via BF4 tetrahedra, whereas compound 4 features a 2D layered structure, where the BF4 tetrahedra are positioned on both sides of the [Ba2(CH3SO3)3]+ layers. The ultraviolet-visible-near-infrared (UV-vis-NIR) spectra indicate that compounds 1 and 2 have absorption edges at 270 and 274 nm, whereas compounds 3 and 4, with absorption edges below 200 nm, are characterized as deep-UV crystals. Calculations were performed to determine the absorption edges, and comparative analysis indicates a significant enhancement in the calculated birefringence values compared to analogous compounds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2113-2123
Number of pages11
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume36
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 27 2024

Funding

M.L., Y.Z., E.I., and P.S.H. thank the Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457) and the NSF (DMR – 2002319) for support. The computational work by M.J.W. and J.M.R. was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant No. DMR-2011208 and they used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. DOE Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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